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panel: The Business of Sustainability: Shifting the Corporate Agenda
October 23, 2010
Join the UMass Amherst chapters of Net Impact and National Association of Women MBA's (NAWMBA) on October 23rd for "The Business of Sustainability: Shifting the Corporate Agenda," a panel discussion focused on how sustainability is becoming a competitive advantage and differentiator for companies across industries. The panel will feature Valerie Smith, Vice President of Corporate Responsibility at Citigroup; Kathrin Winkler, Vice President of Corporate Sustainability at EMC, and Eric Lowitt, Manager at Deloitte Consulting. Bill Baue, Co-Founder and Contributor at Sea Change Media, will moderate the discussion. A networking breakfast will be hosted for interested students and professionals. Register at the link below.
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9:00 AM, Marriott Room at UMass Campus Center, 11th Floor
9:00 am to 12:00 pm

Events at Smith

MacLeish Field Station trail development
October 21, 2010
We are in the process of building a single track trail network at Smith's Field Station in West Whately. These trails is envisioned not only as access to research sites by faculty and students, but also as recreational trails for use by everyone in the Smith community for hiking, xc skiing, snowshoeing and mtn biking). Join us to learn how to build sustainable trails and see the local area at the same time. Work times will be short 2-3 hour sessions- either 3-6pm or 4-6pm- back for dinner. Email sjohnson at smith.edu to RSVP, get more info, and find out where to join the group.
MacLeish Field Station, Whately

Sustainability & System Design
October 21, 2010
a lunchtime talk with Richard White, Professor Emeritus of Astronomy, Smith College. The talk will touch briefly on definitions of sustainability and focus on the challenges of unsustainability. It will outline essential elements of a sustainable economic system, with particular attention to systems approaches to meeting human and ecological needs on a finite planet. Pizza lunch served. All welcome.
Ford Hall Case Study Room (FH240)
12:10 pm

Events Off Campus

The Beehive Collective:
October 20, 2010
A high-energy “picture-lecture,” “Dismantling Monoculture” is an anthology of three educational, visual narratives that illuminate the connections between colonization, militarization, and industrial development in the Americas. To create the graphics, the Beehive interviewed hundreds of community members about the effects of globalization on their lives. The Bees craft these stories into visual metaphors, weave them together in a patchwork “quilt,” and lead audiences through a larger-than-life banner version of the graphic. These events are sponsored by Food for Thought Books, Community Partnerships for Social Change, the Humanities program, the Film/Video/Photo program, and the First-Year Program. For more information, please contact javiera@foodforthoughtbooks.com or mhardesty@hampshire.eduSee
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West Lecture Hall of FPH, Hampshire College
7:00 pm

The Beehive Collective: “The True Cost of Coal”
October 21, 2010
Two years in the making, “The True Cost of Coal” is an elaborate narrative illustration that explores the complex story of mountaintop removal coal mining and the broader impacts of coal in Appalachia and beyond. This event is also free and open to the public. For more information, please contact Javiera Benavente at javiera@foodforthoughtbooks.com or Michele Hardesty at mhardesty@hampshire.eduSee More
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Food For Thought Books at 106 N. Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA.

UMass Graduate School Exploration Event
October 23, 2010
Exploring Graduate Studies at the Interfaces of Engineering, Physical and Life Sciences, University of Massachusetts Amherst Mingle with faculty, graduate students, and representatives from more than 10 departments and interdisciplinary graduate programs. Enjoy a complimentary luncheon and graduate poster session. Gain valuable insights from a Graduate Student Panel, hear tips about the application process, and learn about a variety of competitive UMass funding opportunities, including opportunities for PAID summer research experiences! This event is FREE, but space is limited and pre-registration is strongly encouraged to insure a spot at the luncheon. Visit the website below:
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UMASS Amherst Campus Center (room 163 C)

Weaving American Indian Perspectives into the Study of Weather and Climate
October 26, 2010
a lecture by Kevin Kloesel, Associate Dean for Public Service and Outreach, College of Atmospheric and Geographic Sciences and Associate Professor of Meteorology, University of Oklahoma. Western science has always given western scientists the credit for many of the foundational discoveries in weather and climate. However, careful study of Native American tribal art and oral histories suggests that a native science perspective may hold the keys to understanding the complexities of our earth atmosphere system. Using western science and ethno-science perspectives, this presentation will highlight the multicultural integration of past observations with present technological capabilities to give you a glimpse of weather and climate that you have likely never seen before.
Bowker Auditorium, University of Massachusetts Amherst
4:00 pm

Events at Smith

ES&P Lunchbag: Smith students 'in the environment'- the Smith Community Garden!
October 27, 2010
Join us at our second lunchbag to hear more about how Smith students are working "in the environment." This time we'll hear from students involved with the Smith Community Garden. Lunch provided.
Bass Hall 102
12:15 pm to 1:00 pm

Green Team Meeting!
October 28, 2010
The Green Team is a coalition of faculty, staff and students dedicated to fostering sustainability at Smith by educating and supporting the campus community in efficient use of finite natural resources, attaining the greatest possible efficiencies and preventing pollution. All are welcome to join the team or come to a meeting to propose your ideas to the group.
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Campus Center 102
12:00 pm

MacLeish Field Station trail development
October 29, 2010
We are in the process of building a single track trail network at Smith's Field Station in West Whately. These trails is envisioned not only as access to research sites by faculty and students, but also as recreational trails for use by everyone in the Smith community for hiking, xc skiing, snowshoeing and mtn biking). Join us to learn how to build sustainable trails and see the local area at the same time. Work times will be short 2-3 hour sessions- either 3-6pm or 4-6pm- back for dinner. Email sjohnson at smith.edu to RSVP, get more info, and find out where to join the group.
MacLeish Field Station, Whately

Events Off Campus

Strategies for Activism: Making Food Security a Reality
October 27, 2010
An informal conversation with Peter Rosset, 2010 Carol Hoffmann Collins, Global Scholar-in-Residence. Peter Rosset is a food rights activist, agroecologist and rural development specialist. He is a researcher at the Center of Studies for Rural Change in Mexico, and co-coordinator of the Land Research Action Network. He previously served as executive director of the Stanford University Regional Center in Chiapas, Mexico and he is the former co-director of Food First/The Institute for Food and Development Policy in Oakland, California.
Dwight 202, Mount Holyoke College
4:30 pm

Public Art on a Roll: The Story of One Open Design Competition
October 28, 2010
a lecture with Annaliese Bischoff, Associate Professor LARP faculty. The fifth in the Ervin Zube Lecture Series.
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UMass, Amherst, Procopio Room, 105 Hills North
4:00 pm

Green Gone Wrong
October 28, 2010
with author Heather Rogers. While world leaders respond to dire environmental ills with one derisory greenhouse gas cap-and-trade proposal after another, growing numbers of consumers are taking the cause into their own hands. Part fashion, part reaction, a popular movement to reduce the average person’s “carbon footprint” has officially arrived.
East Lecture Hall, Franklin Patterson Hall, Hampshire College
7:00 pm

Sushi and Satellites: Tracking Ocean Giants Across the Globe
October 28, 2010
With Barbara Block, the Charles and Elizabeth Prothro Professor in Marine Sciences at Stanford University, California. A founder of the tuna research and conservation center at the Monterey Bay Aquarium, Professor Block is a recipient of the Presidential Young Investigator Award from the National Science Foundation and the MacArthur Foundation Fellowship.
Gamble Auditorium, Art Museum, Mount Holyoke College
7:30 pm

Cultivating Environmental Leadership
October 29, 2010
With Barbara Block, the Charles and Elizabeth Prothro Professor in Marine Sciences at Stanford University, California. A founder of the tuna research and conservation center at the Monterey Bay Aquarium, Professor Block is a recipient of the Presidential Young Investigator Award from the National Science Foundation and the MacArthur Foundation Fellowship.
Cassani Room, Shattuck Hall, Mount Holyoke College
3:00 pm

Events at Smith

Exhibition: Art to Landscape/Landscape to Art
November 5, 2010- January 30, 2011
Weaving together drawings, paintings, and sculptural installations with landscape design, W. Gary Smith creates artistic connections with the landscape. The use of color in his paintings and drawings is extraordinary and visitors will be transported into another world.\ W. Gary Smith, one of North America’s leading landscape designers, specializes in botanical gardens and arboreta, as well as public art installations and private gardens, often weaving together local ecological and cultural themes.
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Church Exhibition Gallery, Lyman Plant House

MacLeish Field Station trail development
November 5, 2010
We are in the process of building a single track trail network at Smith's Field Station in West Whately. These trails is envisioned not only as access to research sites by faculty and students, but also as recreational trails for use by everyone in the Smith community for hiking, xc skiing, snowshoeing and mtn biking). Join us to learn how to build sustainable trails and see the local area at the same time. Work times will be short 2-3 hour sessions- either 3-6pm or 4-6pm- back for dinner. Email sjohnson at smith.edu to RSVP, get more info, and find out where to join the group.
MacLeish Field Station, Whately

Presentation of the Major and minors in Environmental Science and Policy
November 5, 2010
Come find out about our major and minor in environmental science and policy, and our minor in marine science and policy! Meet advisers and other students in the program. Lunch provided.
Bass Hall room 102
12:10 pm

From Art to landscape: Unleashing Creativity in Garden design
November 5, 2010
A lecture by W. Gary Smith. Garden designers face some daunting questions: How do I begin the creative process? Where can I find design inspiration? How will I know if my design is successful? Join Gary Smith to explore how to approach these questions as an artist.
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Carroll Room, Campus Center
7:30 pm

The Fall Chrysanthemum Show
November 6, 2010
Come to the Botanic Garden to enjoy the annual show! November 6-21.
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Smith Botanic Garden
10:00 am to 4:00 pm

Deserts in a Changing World
November 8, 2010
A lecture by Dr. Jed Sparks, Cornell University. 4 pm tea and cookies 4:30 pm lecture Part of the Smith College Life Sciences Colloquium Lecture Series: Biology, Biochemistry, Environmental Sciences and Policy, Marine Science and Neuroscience.
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McConnell 103
4:00 pm

Pizza Party!
November 9, 2010
Join us to learn more about the Williams Mystic Maritime Studies program- a semester long Smith College approved study-away program.
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Campus Center 204
5:15 pm

Events Off Campus

Water, Climate and Vegetation: Ecohydrology of a Changing World
November 3, 2010
A talk with Andrew J. Guswa, Smith College Director, Center for the Environment, Ecological Design and Sustainability, Associate Professor, Picker Engineering Program. Part of New England Faculty Colloquium: Impacts of Climate Change, a biweekly series that explores Impacts of Climate Change through presentations from invited speakers and the ensuing discussion between participants. Topics will partly focus on climate change impacts on the New England environment.
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ELab II room, UMASS
2:30 pm

Ervin Zube Lecture Series
November 4, 2010
Join us for a lecture with Kathleen Lugosch, Professor, Art, Architecture, and Art HIstory, UMASS
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UMass, Amherst, Procopio Room, 105 Hills North
4:00 pm

Film screening: Fresh
November 5, 2010
Join us for the area premiere of Fresh to benefit the Northampton Community Farm. Tickets are $8. FRESH celebrates the innovative farmers, thinkers and business people across America who are re-inventing our food system. "If Food Inc. was your wake-up all, FRESH is your call to action" (EcoSalon)
Academy of Music, Northampton
7:00 pm

Film: Scarred Lands and Wounded Lives: The Environmental Footprint of War
November 7, 2010
A first activity for the Interfaith Environmental Coalition. In the past the discussions about climate change, alternative or renewable energy, and peak oil have been dominated by scientists and politicians. We believe it is time to bring ethical and religious perspectives to the discussion, especially since it is some of the poorest people in earth who are suffering the most – from the floods in Pakistan and Bangladesh to the droughts in Africa. Join us for the movie and discussion. Everyone is welcome.
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Unitarian Universalist Meetinghouse at 121 North Pleasant Street in Amherst
7:00 pm